Refresh your life with a tiny little adventure that`s close to home & easy on your pocket. Inspiration is abundant in this brilliant & beautifully-illustrated guide. What exactly is an adventure? Something that`s new & exhilarating. Something that launches you from your comfort zone into a different place altogether. An adventure changes you & how you see the world. & all an adventurer really needs is bags of enthusiasm & boundless curiosity. Let Alastair Humphreys introduce you to the exciting world of microadventures
- adventures that are close to home, cheap, simple, short, & yet very effective. A microadventure takes the spirit of a big adventure & squeezes it into a day or even a few hours. The point of microadventures is that you do not need lots of time & money to meet a new challenge. This practical guide is filled with over 50 ideas for microadventures & over 150 stunning photographs, plus tips & advice on safety & kit. Whether it is sleeping on a hilltop or going for a wild swim, cycling a lap of the Isle of Wight or walking home for Christmas, it`s time you discovered something new about yourself & the world outside your window. Adventure is everywhere, every day, & it is up to us to find it.
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The story of Central Europe is anything but simple: as a result of invasions & resettlements, the people of Central Europe have witnessed a profusion of languages, cultures, religions & nationalities. The two most important waves of settlement came from the Germans & Slavs, but Central Europe also became the great haven for Jews. In its recent history, Central Europe has been subjected to 50 years of Fascism & Communism in succession. In order to present a portrait of Central Europe, from AD 1000 to the present, Normal Davies & Roger Moorhouse study the history of one of its most colourful cities, the former German Breslau, which became the Polish Wroclaw after the Second World War. The book contains detail maps, fascinating illustrations & a place-name directory at the back. With fantastic reviews from Sunday Times, & Economist, this book will provide a factual history story of the Central European City. ...

In the tiny borderlands of Istria & Italy, from the forests of Monte Nevoso, to the hidden valleys of the Tyrol, to a Trieste cafe, Microcosms pieces together a mosaic of stories
- comic, tragic, picaresque, nostalgic
- from life`s minor characters. Their worlds might be small, but they are far from minimalist: in them flashes the great, the meaningful, the unrepeatable significance of every existence.

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The blue Micro Fibre Travel Towel is the perfect compromise of practicality & comfort. With a conventional towel feel, the travel towel is soft, highly absorbent & quick drying. It also comes with a compact carry case. The towel is a great companion for a trip around the world, or equally lazing on the beach or pool side.

Features:- Micro Fibre
- conventional towel-feel fabric- Lightweight, compact & absorbent- Treated with Polygiene® permanent odour control- Dries 7x faster than a standard beach towel- Absorbs 6x its own weight in water- Comes in a tough ripstop carry case


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Full-sized laboratory standard instrument incorporating a 1.3mp (1280x 1024 pixels) built-in CMOS digital camera. Display & capture live images directly to your PC with ease, via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 cable using user-friendly Scope Image Plus application software. The camera can be connected & disconnected freely, & when the camera is not in use, the instrument operates like a conventional microscope. ideal to be used in schools, colleges & professional laboratories over a wide range biological, medical, veterinary, bacteriological & agricultural applications. ...

Five handy booklets written & compiled by Phil Cregeen, a seasoned cruising yachtsman. They offer notes & guidance based upon the author`s experiences & observations during the last few years whilst cruising the islands in his 36ft steel sloop. Include many h&-drawn maps covering the popular & less-popular beaches, coves, bays & anchorages. Titles include Fiji, the Ha`apai Group in Tonga, Vanuatu, Southern New Caledonia, & Micronesia. ...

General 138x 72cm map showing the locations of the main islands & atolls. The map

Includes:: the Federated

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The Micronet Double Mosquito Net by Lifesystems, is a wedge-shaped net designed for two people. The white mesh netting is treated with EX8 Antimosquito long- lasting impregnation. If features a nylon skirting material with 4 lashing points, pre-attached hanging cord with spreader bar & hanging hooks are provided. It weights 375g. About Lifesystems Mosquito Nets: Travelling to countries where insect-borne diseases such as malaria, yellow fever & dengue fever are common, a mosquito net is an important accessory to carry with you. To guard against serious health threats, ensure that you do not get bitten in the first place. Sleeping underneath a mosquito net provides important protection. Lifesystems offers a high quality range of mosquito nets for travel & the outdoors. These mosquito nets are both tough & highly effective barriers against mosquitoes & small biting insects. They all feature tough hexagonal fine-mesh netting with 196 holes per square inch, offering a high level of protection & excellent breathability. The polyester netting is extremely tough & resistant to snags & tears. They are impregnated with EX8 Antimosquito – a pyrethroid treatment which is repulsive to insects. Conveniently, unlike permethrin treatment, EX8 will last for up to 2 years or 35 washes. By impregnating your mosquito net with EX8 antimosquito, you will be adding an extra layer of protection against biting insects. They come in different shapes &

Sizes: wedge (with or without spreader bar), box, bell (with or without spreader bar), & dome, & single or double-sized (apart from the dome-shaped which comes only in one size).

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Micronet Single Mosquito Net by Lifesystems, is a wedge-shaped net designed for one person. The white mesh netting is treated with EX8 Antimosquito long- lasting impregnation. If features a nylon skirting material with 4 lashing points, pre-attached hanging cord with spreader bar & hanging hooks are provided. It weights 260g. About Lifesystems Mosquito Nets: Travelling to countries where insect-borne diseases such as malaria, yellow fever & dengue fever are common, a mosquito net is an important accessory to carry with you. To guard against serious health threats, ensure that you do not get bitten in the first place. Sleeping underneath a mosquito net provides important protection. Lifesystems offers a high quality range of mosquito nets for travel & the outdoors. These mosquito nets are both tough & highly effective barriers against mosquitoes & small biting insects. They all feature tough hexagonal fine-mesh netting with 196 holes per square inch, offering a high level of protection & excellent breathability. The polyester netting is extremely tough & resistant to snags & tears. They are impregnated with EX8 Antimosquito – a pyrethroid treatment which is repulsive to insects. Conveniently, unlike permethrin treatment, EX8 will last for up to 2 years or 35 washes. By impregnating your mosquito net with EX8 antimosquito, you will be adding an extra layer of protection against biting insects. They come in different shapes &

Sizes: wedge (with or without spreader bar), box, bell (with or without spreader bar), & dome, & single or double-sized (apart from the dome-shaped which comes only in one size).

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Miniatures make us relive the world from the perspective of our childhood, a time when the world was populated by toys & figurines. Miniaturized worlds seethe with narrative potential, intricate story lines, suspense. They offer a disquieting experience of distance, & artists often use it to explore very contemporary feelings of alienation, displacement & estrangement. This book reveals how all kinds of visual artists (contemporary artists, street artists, photographers & even product designers) are using miniatures & miniaturized worlds in order to create startling situations & memorable images. The small people & small worlds featured give us a new sense of perspective, transporting us to a new dimension where we can find enchanted new cities, where people make homes out of pumpkins or go diving into breakfast bowls. Microworlds is a fascinating collection of images for anyone intrigued by these miniature, imagined worlds. ...